Pure capitalism is letting the market decide which leads to the monopolization of industries.
Nope.
Nobody's ever succeeded in establishing a coercive monopoly without government backing. In a free market, monopoly is a non-issue. For example, when Alcoa was the only vendor of Aluminum in the United States, the pricing of aluminum fell continuously.
So, if someone went to the moon and retrieved the entire Apollo 11 descent stage, I wonder what collectors would fork over for that, whole or in pieces?
If anyone actually was trying to collude to hold tech wages down, they failed. We're some of the highest-paid workers in the country.
I got cold-called by Google recruiters when I worked at Apple, and I know people who've gone from Apple to Pixar, Apple to Yahoo, Microsoft to Apple, etc, etc.
"affirmative action"? That's nothing but a euphemism for racial discrimination. Here in California, it amounted to a modern-day Chinese Exclusion Act to fuck over Asian kids applying to the cal state universities.
Exactly. The only remedy for the NSA problem is to disband the NSA, and bar all of its current employees from any future jobs in government or as contractors to the government.
Then you just switch to internal navigation and let the drone go fully autonomous. A smuggler could launch the drone anywhere within the drone's flight range, from a moving vehicle, whatever.
This is a race that the guards aren't going to win. Of course, it's not like anyone's ever been able to stop contraband getting into a prison anyway.
Just because occupations have popped up to replace these lost jobs in the past doesn't mean that they will in the future.
Any job that can be done by a machine should be done by a machine. The upshot of labor-saving technology is lower costs of whatever goods or services are produced.
I see no reason to eschew technology because of your fear of your impending incompetence.
As an American with some familiarity with history, it doesn't surprise me at all. Rulers and would-be rulers have always held the people in contempt, and you can see plenty of examples of it all around you there in Europe under the Fourth Reich.
What the court did, was provide a pretext for the government to pretend that the fourth amendment doesn't say what it says. A right remains a right, even when it is violated.
Krugman actually doesn't prove himself wrong at "every opportunity",
He called for a housing bubble as a remedy for the dot com bubble. He said that the internet would have no more impact than the fax machine. I could go on, but the point is proven.
Your top "thinkers" maintain that it is foolish to pay attention to mere evidence
Evidence abounds to support free markets. If you're too stupid to see it, that's your own problem.
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Pure capitalism is letting the market decide which leads to the monopolization of industries.
Nope.
Nobody's ever succeeded in establishing a coercive monopoly without government backing. In a free market, monopoly is a non-issue. For example, when Alcoa was the only vendor of Aluminum in the United States, the pricing of aluminum fell continuously.
-jcr
So, if someone went to the moon and retrieved the entire Apollo 11 descent stage, I wonder what collectors would fork over for that, whole or in pieces?
-jcr
Well, maybe if they get to kill another hundred million people or so it will finally work!
-jcr
What about the impending failure of capitalism?
You're confused. Capitalism is doing fine. It's government that's failing.
-jcr
Then exchanging bit coins for coffee is a barter transaction, and no tax applies.
-jcr
I'll get busy developing magnesium and flint club heads.
-jcr
This seems mostly to be about executive staff and salesforce.
I know people who've gone between these companies at all kinds of levels. Engineers, first-level management through SVP level, everybody.
-jcr
If anyone actually was trying to collude to hold tech wages down, they failed. We're some of the highest-paid workers in the country.
I got cold-called by Google recruiters when I worked at Apple, and I know people who've gone from Apple to Pixar, Apple to Yahoo, Microsoft to Apple, etc, etc.
-jcr
"affirmative action"? That's nothing but a euphemism for racial discrimination. Here in California, it amounted to a modern-day Chinese Exclusion Act to fuck over Asian kids applying to the cal state universities.
-jcr
Seriously, I was sick of his guilt-peddling bullshit decades ago.
-jcr
Exactly. The only remedy for the NSA problem is to disband the NSA, and bar all of its current employees from any future jobs in government or as contractors to the government.
-jcr
Not just lies, perjury. Those lies were told under oath.
If we had a functioning justice system in this country, those perps would be in jail awaiting trial right now.
-jcr
Then you just switch to internal navigation and let the drone go fully autonomous. A smuggler could launch the drone anywhere within the drone's flight range, from a moving vehicle, whatever.
This is a race that the guards aren't going to win. Of course, it's not like anyone's ever been able to stop contraband getting into a prison anyway.
-jcr
Lay off the boot licking, sunshine. The heavy metals aren't good for your central nervous system.
-jcr
What are they going to do, delete Eric Holder's account?
-jcr
I don't think anyone was expecting the iPhone to be the staggering sensation it became.
I was wildly optimistic: I expected to see the iPhone get 25% of the smartphone market within five years. ;-)
-jcr
Just because occupations have popped up to replace these lost jobs in the past doesn't mean that they will in the future.
Any job that can be done by a machine should be done by a machine. The upshot of labor-saving technology is lower costs of whatever goods or services are produced.
I see no reason to eschew technology because of your fear of your impending incompetence.
-jcr
and what about the welfare for the people automated out of there jobs?
In 1900, about 80% of the people in the USA worked on farms. Today, it's more like 4% or less. They found other work.
-jcr
As an American with some familiarity with history, it doesn't surprise me at all. Rulers and would-be rulers have always held the people in contempt, and you can see plenty of examples of it all around you there in Europe under the Fourth Reich.
-jcr
What the court did, was provide a pretext for the government to pretend that the fourth amendment doesn't say what it says. A right remains a right, even when it is violated.
-jcr
Krugman actually doesn't prove himself wrong at "every opportunity",
He called for a housing bubble as a remedy for the dot com bubble. He said that the internet would have no more impact than the fax machine. I could go on, but the point is proven.
Your top "thinkers" maintain that it is foolish to pay attention to mere evidence
Evidence abounds to support free markets. If you're too stupid to see it, that's your own problem.
a former libertarian
Bullshit. You were never a libertarian.
-jcr
NYC public transit is the one thing most New Yorkers have in common and it makes for better citizens here.
My first impression was that you are an idiot, but I see now that you're actually a brilliant satirist. Well done!
-jcr
Apparatchik from a tax-dependent transit agency is bad-mouthing private alternatives. HIs approval is neither sought nor required.
-jcr
You can also get a superior optic that lets you actually see the display while you're shooting the video.
-jcr
Why would I envy Krugman or anyone else who proves himself wrong at every opportunity?
Try again, leftard.
-jcr